• Investigators discovered four plantations where 673 marijuana plants were seized after searching nine homes between Padul and Cónchar-Villamena.

July 15, 2026. Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency and the Civil Guard, in a joint operation, have carried out nine raids and searches in homes in the towns of Padul and Cónchar-Villamena (Granada) where ten people, aged between 32 and 62, have been arrested, four of them for alleged involvement in crimes of marijuana cultivation and electricity fraud, two for an alleged crime of cultivation and four for an alleged crime of electricity fraud. In addition, 673 marijuana plants have been seized.

The investigation unit of the Civil Guard in Las Gabias was in charge of carrying out the investigation after becoming aware of numerous complaints from residents and passersby about the intense smell of marijuana around several streets in the municipalities of Padul and Cónchar-Villamena.

Subsequently, raids and searches were carried out on various properties, for which a large police operation was activated between Customs Surveillance and the Civil Guard, also counting on the support of the Local Police of Padul and the collaboration of the technicians of the electric company.

electrical grid fraudulently. A total of 673 marijuana plants in different stages of flowering were seized, and the illegal connections were removed.

As a result of the operation, ten people allegedly involved in the crimes have been arrested and placed at the disposal of the Duty Court of Granada.

Once the searches were completed, five homes with illegal connections to the electricity supply were found, and four with 'cannabis sativa' plantations, three of which were also connected to the